Category
Music Shows
A category for the episodic blogs posted by music show hosts.
Richmond Counterculture / Shockoe Sessions
Richmond Counterculture/Shockoe Sessions Episode 4 – IONNA, Sweet Touch, and Velvet Kove!
Shockoe Sessions Live! is a weekly celebration of Richmond’s goldmine of musicianship! Learn more https://www.shockoesessionslive.com/ It’s time for a dance party on this episode of Richmond Counterculture/Shockoe Sessions! Today we’re featuring IONNA, Sweet…
Read more: Richmond Counterculture/Shockoe Sessions Episode 4 – IONNA, Sweet Touch, and Velvet Kove! › Playlist ›
What the Land Remembers (w/ 471)
ستتذكرها الأرض What the Land Remembers 🏜️ This week on Banji Kaicho, I’m honored to have my friend @eve471_ share a beautiful guest mix—a touching selection of Asian ethnic sounds across time and border.…
If Music Could Talk – June 29 2025
rainy thunderstorms are cooling things off a bit thankfully… there’s so much to worry about in the world let’s take a moment to enjoy some inspiring music on WRIR tonight
The Motherland Influence June 29, 2025
Our friend Amemo Amemo will make a return to WRIR during the second hour of The Motherland Influence radio show to bring you some of the latest Afrobeats. The first hour will…
Read more: The Motherland Influence June 29, 2025 › Playlist ›
Ambiance Congo / The Other Black Music
Ambiance Congo: June 29, 2025 3:00-5:00 PM
Just a cool photo. Viva la Musica arrives in Japan in 1986. Unknown photographer. WELCOME! Congolese music every other Sunday on WRIR! Music today from late 1970s to mid 2020s. Second hour…
Read more: Ambiance Congo: June 29, 2025 3:00-5:00 PM › Playlist ›
Cumbia sin fronteras
Yeison Landero, grandson of the legendary Andrés Landero and keeper of the flame for Colombian cumbia campesina, played here in Richmond in January. If you saw him and his conjunto then, you…
Bebop and Beyond with Mr. Jazz
Sunday Jazz – June 29th 2025
Just more jazz. Check out my show on 2nd and 4th Fridays, The Talking Machine. Sinatra collapsed on stage in Richmond, Virginia in 1994. Thank you to Wayne for the info! Thank you…